[Daenerys inspects the Iron Throne as Jon enters the throne room behind her]
When I was a girl, my brother told me it was made from a thousand swords from Aegon's fallen enemies. What do a thousand swords look like in the mind of a little girl who can't count to twenty? I imagined a mountain of swords too high to climb. So many fallen enemies you could only see the soles of Aegon's feet.
I saw them executing Lannister prisoners in the street. They said they were acting on your orders.
It was necessary.
Necessary?! Have you been down there?! Have you seen?! Children, little children burned!
I tried to make peace with Cersei. She used their innocence as a weapon against me. She thought it would cripple me.
And Tyrion?
He conspired behind my back with my enemies. How have you treated people who did the same to you, even when it broke your heart?
[close to tears] Forgive him.
I can't.
You can. You can forgive all of them, make them see they made a mistake. Make them understand. Please, Dany.
We can't hide behind small mercies. The world we need won't be built by men loyal to the world we have.
The world we need is a world of mercy, it has to be!
And it will be! It's not easy to see something that's never been before...a good world.
How do you know? How do you know it will be good?
Because I know what is good. And so do you.
I don't!
You do! You do, you've always known.
What about everyone else? All the other people who think they know what's good?
They don't get to choose. Be with me. Build the new world with me! This is our reason! It has been from the beginning, since you were a little boy with a bastard's name and I was a little girl who couldn't count to twenty. We do it together. We break the wheel...together.
You are my Queen. Now and always.
[They kiss, then Jon stabs Daenerys]
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